Topic: Mahatma Gandhi
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Aung San Suu Kyi's historic moment: 5 things to know
Once possibly the world's best-known political prisoner, today Aung San Suu Kyi made the historic move to lawmaker, after a swearing-in ceremony at Myanmar's parliament in the capital of Naypyidaw. Here are five things about her.
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France presidential elections: the candidates challenging Sarkozy
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is fighting for reelection in the April 22 presidential poll. Here are the top 5 presidential candidates.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: 8 peaceful protests that bolstered civil rights
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. believed that nonviolent protest is the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust society. But it required rallying people to his cause. Here are some of the most revolutionary peaceful protests King led.
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3 new novels for a new year
Three new novels to check out in 2012
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Seven women who shaped the world in 2011
Women played some significant roles this past year, from making peace to crafting economic policy in the midst of a crisis. Here are seven who shaped 2011:
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Google logo celebrates Halloween 2009 with trick or treat doodle
The Google logo has changed to recognize Halloween 2009. Trick or Treat!
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Photos of the Day: 1001
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How world views Obama Nobel Peace Prize
President Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize is praised in many countries as a reflection of a "new hope" in world politics, but others worry it came too soon. A global roundup of views.
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Horizons
Google logo pays homage to Gandhi
Google commemorates Gandhi's 140th birthday.
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Is the American dream dead?
If Washington insiders looked down on my family in our Wal-Mart clothes, how could they ever relate to the lives of most Americans?
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The Generalissimo
Chiang Kai-shek has been unfairly condemned by history, argues a new biography.
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Chapter & Verse
What would Harry (Potter) do?
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Chapter & Verse
Gandhi, Obama, and the simple truth
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Nelson Mandela boosts Zuma at final ANC campaign rally
South Africa's ruling party candidate, Jacob Zuma, vows no constitutional changes ahead of April 22 vote.
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The Vote
Harold and Kumar go to the White House (not Harold though)
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Global News Blog
Indians try to recover Gandhi items up for auction
First the Chinese bronzes, now Gandhi's glasses?
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The Vote
Obama tops Jesus in new poll. Reagan 4th, God 11th.
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A Rare Breed of Love
How a three-legged dog won the hearts of everyone from an angry homeless man to Barack Obama.
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Six Picks: Recommendations from the Monitor staff
India's epic history on TV, Japan's thriving game arcades, and a game of charades that you can play by yourself.
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Young Kashmiris step away from militancy
The contested state was relatively peaceful during polls, which ended Wednesday, largely due to a new generation using technology, not weapons, to protest Indian control.
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In Ghana, a political neophyte, with a household name, campaigns
Samia Nkrumah is the daughter of Ghana's first president. She's returned home to run for a seat in Parliament in Sunday's elections.
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From the editor: The Monitor's next century
Our journalists will record the unfolding future with the same lens of clarity and hope.
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Bright Green
Does Al Gore think he's too old for civil disobedience?
Speaking at the annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, the former vice president and climate activist called for young people to engage in "civil disobedience." But why not old people, too?
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All their possessions inside eight suitcases
A family gives the term 'living out of suitcases' new meaning.
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Practical – or wasteful – abundance?
It’s a sketchy line between enjoying the material things of this world and saying ‘enough is enough.
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A better benchmark for Iraq: lawyers
Lawsuits signify social progress. We don't kill people; we sue them.
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One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job
Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.
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One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job
Even though manual scavenging was banned in India in 1993, thousands still perform the task of cleaning, by hand, human waste.
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Gandhi and Churchill: parallel lives, divergent world views
How two very different world leaders were shaped.
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How one Liberian helps others speak out
Aloysius Toe has spent – and risked – his life fighting against human rights abuses.
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